Pay Range: $22.02 - $27.52/hr.

Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm; Some evening work when needed.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

An Administrative Assistant job is available with the City of Fort Worth City Secretary’s Office M&C Center to provide excellent customer service and routine administrative support to the daily operations of the City Secretary’s Office. The M&C Center is responsible for the creation of City Council Agendas and agenda packets, tracking the status of agenda items, providing the packets and related material to Council prior to the meetings.

The City Secretary’s Office is committed to focusing upon areas of responsibility; providing effective resolution of issues; providing superior customer service to citizens, City Council and staff; and producing vital and productive outcomes that positively reflect established priority for the City of Fort Worth. Our mission is to promote open and responsive government through proper recording and preservation of the city’s legislative history and official documents; providing responsive customer service to our diverse customer base; and conducting fair and impartial city elections.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Public Administration, Business Administration, or related field.
• Four (4) years of clerical and administrative experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong proofreading and multi-tasking skills are required along with possessing patience and flexibility during revisions of submitted documents. 
• Experience in preparing agenda packets using agenda management software.
• Experience with the Granicus Agenda Management system or similar software.
• Experience with document imaging systems, preferably Laserfiche, and FOIA software. 

The Administrative Assistant job responsibilities include:

• Provide direct support to the City Secretary’s Office which will require the person to have frequent contact with Executive-level staff, department directors and other City employees.
• Perform a wide variety of routine administrative and technical tasks to support the daily operations of the City Secretary’s Office, as well as perform a wide variety of clerical tasks for other staff and management.
• Produce, process and assemble all materials (documents) necessary for weekly City Council meeting packets.
• Work independently while actively participating in a team environment.
• Provide staff support including serving as backup for other staff positions in their absence and performing related duties as assigned.
• Provide support during Council Work Session Meetings and Corporation Board Meetings.